WASHINGTON – Democrats are wondering if is time to ditch Nancy Pelosi as their leader after suffering a stinging defeat Tuesday night in the special election for a congressional seat in Georgia.
The ultra-liberal House minority leader was featured in numerous GOP ads linking her to 30-year-old political novice Jon Ossoff, a Democratic recruit, in the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s election.
Ossoff ended up losing to Republican Karen Handel by a four-point margin – 51.9 to 48.1 percent.
“Nancy Pelosi has been an effective bogeyman for Republicans for decades, and it just seems like it’s time for her to go,” a former Clinton campaign staffer told The Post.
“A lot of Democrats are tired of her and tired of defending her,” said political analyst Larry Sabato. “When you’re as controversial as Pelosi is, you become pretty well-known and universally disliked. The image of her for the Democrats is just awful.”
Sabato, who heads the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said he heard from several senior Democrats Tuesday night who were less than pleased with Pelosi’s impact on the Georgia race.
“One called, one emailed, saying ‘we want her out,’” he told The Post.
Pelosi, 77, has led House Democrats since 2003.
Her party shed 63 House seats when she was majority leader in 2010 and lost more than 900 races at the state level...
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